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“We have a motto to follow: ‘The programme is designed not for professors but for students’”, — Dr. Dirk Meissner, the academic director of the Master’s programme “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation” said smiling broadly. On 14 April, within the framework of the Open Doors Day, there was a 2-hour conversation with the involvement of potential and current students, professors, representatives of state agencies, business and development companies devoted to programme objectives and reasons for choosing this particular programme.

of Russian companies offered training for their employees in 2014. In 2013, the number of such companies was significantly higher at 72%. These data were obtained in a survey of business leaders carried out as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations study conducted by HSE in collaboration the Levada Centre in 2014.

Accepting the importance of S&T development for Russia, most of the country’s residents believe a career in science wouldn’t be the best choice for their children. Only a third of the Russians would support their child’s decision to become a researcher. This was discovered by the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge through the opinion poll covering 1 670 respondents, conducted in November, 2014 as part of the Monitoring innovation behaviour of the population project.

On 10 April, 2015 participants of the XVI HSE Annual Conference’s Science and Innovation section hosted by ISSEK discussed various tools facilitating international cooperation in the scope of the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. The experts considered the options available for joint funding of international research and innovation projects.

One of the events of the XVI HSE Annual Conference’s Science and Innovation section hosted by ISSEK was the workshop on cross-border cooperation in the framework of the OECD’s Knowledge Triangle. The participants discussed the roles of education, research and innovation activities in securing global competitiveness for the European countries.

HSE has finalised agreements with its international partner universities for new double diplomas and student exchanges in the framework of the Master’s programme in Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation. Dirk Meissner, Deputy Head of the Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, Professor at the ISSEK Department of Educational Programmes and Academic Supervisor for the Master’s programme, spoke to the HSE English News service about how the new agreements are made to give master’s students the best opportunities for study abroad and double degree programmes while making sure they match HSE’s approaches and standards.

Factors affecting countries’ competition and cooperation in the field of science are among the key issues of modern S&T policy. To facilitate their broad public discussion, the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) will host, in the framework of the HSE XVI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, special three-day “Science and Innovation” section.

The NRU HSE, supported by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises, and the Russian Venture Company hosted a three-day workshop for heads of cluster development centres and cluster management agencies. Members of the cluster community, representatives of federal and regional executive authorities and development institutes discussed efficient tools and best cluster management practices, as well as the Cluster Map of Russia project launched by HSE Russian Cluster Laboratory.